A Haunting in Connecticut is about a family (The Campbell Family) moving to upstate Connecticut to be closer to the hospital where their son, Matt, is being treated for cancer. In search of a home suitable for her enduring family, the mom, Sara Campbell, falls in love with a charming Victorian home. She soon finds out that the home has some unsettling history. Not letting detour her, she decides to move her family into their new home. The family then begin to experience supernatural events, first, starting with Matt as the medium Jonah haunts and tries to communicate with him. Although some “based on a true story” movies are far from the truth, Hollywood did a good job at sticking to the facts with A Haunting in Connecticut. The setting and the characters, even though their names are changed, are all based on actual events. One of the many questions critics may have about this movie is whether or not Matt Campbell, who in real life is named Philip Snedeker, actually had cancer? The answer is yes. The real character in this story had cancer of the immune system called Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Also, it is true that the stories setting is in Connecticut. The Haunting in Connecticut the documentary shows that the real life family moved into the house on June 30, 1986 from Upstate New York to that house which is located on 208 Meriden Avenue in Southington, Connecticut to be near UCONN hospital for their son’s treatments. The House also really is a funeral home. This is a major part of the plot, and if this was false the entire movie would be based off of a lie. The former owner of the home was Darrel Kem had confirmed that before he purchased the home in the 1980’s the house had served as The Hallahan Funeral Home for many years. Another thing that is true about the setting is that the mother did not know the house had been a funeral home. She wasn’t fully, as depicted in the movie, informed the exact past of the home, but later found out. The real mother (Carmen...

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